Just some pictures of another day in "the office". Yeah, not your typical office I guess, but, its all I got!

Thanks for everything folks, and I'll see ya at SEFF '09!

Laine.

Just figured I'd post some pics of my new home for a year +.

We are at 5000 feet when we are on the ground here in Bagram, Afghanistan. So, you can imagine what its like goin over those mountains!

The sure do look nice though!

Soon I'll post some pics flyin over/through them.

Laine.

Well, as most of you know, Im kinda out of flying for awhile, well, RC flying anyway. Im in Bagram, Afghanistan for the next 14 months flyin Black Hawks. So, I'll still be around, just not with any planes for awhile.

Cant wait for SEFF 09!! lol

Laine... Out.

Ohio Combat SRT/10 flight #3... Not so good landing... (3 min 28 sec)

Video from the ground...

Maiden Flight of the 13 foot span Ohio Combat SRT/10 (4 min 38 sec)

Video from the on-board Fly Cam One...

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=786238

(link is fixed now)

Thanks everyone!

Laine.

New pics! The night before I head for Nashville to fly it, figured I better get some new pics of it posted! Who knows what it will look like when I come home!

Anyway, I think the sponsors decals will make it fly better. Or in this case, make it FLY period!.

Its official, as long as there is no friggin tornado or something tonight/tomorrow, the SRT/10 and I will be heading for Nashville. I'll be taking it out to Edwin Warner Field (Hobby-Lobbys field) and HOPEFULLY flying it this time!!!

Video will come soon after I get home, regardless of what happens.

Lets hope it gets in the air this time.

Laine.

Here are some pics of the new landing gear and 6" inflatable tires mocked up on the SRT/10. I'll have them securely mounted in short order.

Next flight attempt will be coming up in the next few days! Stay tuned!

Also, we have a little freindly contest going on in the thread... guess how many feet/inches of silver pinstripes on the SRT!

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=731005

Laine.

Well, its official. Something is causing this beast to go to the right all the time. It may be a thrust issue, it may be a wheel not spinning free, it may be a million things. What ever it is, I'll find it, and destroy it with extreme prejudice. Then, I'll go fly my dang big aXX airplane!

Here is the video from this past Saturday. Thanks to "LuckyDay" for the great work videoing and editing.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7523458593919879143&hl=en

I finally had some time to work on another plane today. so, I put a rudder on the TLAR Delta and painted it too. It does some wierd stuff now. But its a blast to fly slow or fast.

Laine.

It didnt go so good. A MP transmitting on his radio from his truck basically "locked out" my transmitter signal. Then he sped away with the lights and siren on. Grrrr.... We'll fix the landing gear and it will fly... soon... I promise!!!

Taxi testing the SRT/10 (1 min 0 sec)

Today I went to town and rented a midget who looks just like me to take a picture with one of my wings...

...Yeah right

But really, here it is, in all its "almost finished" glory. You guys wanted a picture where you could see the whole thing, so, you got it.

Laine.

We got all the electronics wired up, drilled out the props to fit the motors and ran the Atlas motors up on the 10S Max amps packs. We used the APC 18x12 props for the static run up, but for flying it will use counter rotating APC 20x13s. Anyway, it is awesome!!! 5600 watts of power on this thing!

SRT-10 13FT WING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (3 min 12 sec)

Yippeee! The top is done now! I like it. The wife thinks the pin stripes set it off pretty good.

I finally got it to the point that I can start covering it. Acre upon acre or wing area takes some "finesse" to get the covering layed down just right.

Lookin good though, until I ran out of white. So, its on order and will be here in a few days.

This plane is gonna kill me! lol... toooooo much work in too little time.

Anyway, here are some pics of the progress.

Still workin on the Ohio Combat SRT/10. I sure hope I get it done by next weekend!!!

Still a ton to do, but its coming along nicely.

Laine

You will LOVE this video... its short... just watch it and make sure you have the sound on.

The Killer Moth (1 min 26 sec)

More progress on the SRT-10 today. The alum. plates on the trailing edge where the motors mount are now secured with Elmers Ultimate. Lots of cutting and sanding to get them just right.

also, I finished up all the soldering on the 25+ feet of servo wire on this pig.

Laine.

Here is the maiden flight in my front yard. Still have to do a little tweaking then cover it up and add some color.

The Ohio Combat TLAR Delta (2 min 32 sec)